Topic: Wild Birds and all things to do with Nature (Read 1683958 times)

CLKD · « **Reply #930 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:17:12 AM »

I wound some blanket weed out yesterday

and am hoping that the baby fish won't eat the spawn or tadpoles!

There was a Muscovy duck in our garden last Monday, flew in flew out - now back home 'down' the road

CLKD · « **Reply #931 on:** March 30, 2011, 11:38:44 AM »

First marsh marigold open in the pond this morning

Eddie · « **Reply #932 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:03:58 PM »

Awe, how promising. I need to get some new plants for pond.

CLKD · « **Reply #933 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:05:19 PM »

Try Wiggly Wigglers or other garden centres who deal with water plants. Anyone been to and now the name escapes me: Stapeley Water Gardens, got it

Eddie · « **Reply #934 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:10:10 PM »

I'll get some online after the holiday, we only have Dobbies and a smaller independant one that chat charges a fortune. Eddie. x

CLKD · « **Reply #935 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:11:11 PM »

What do you fancy? Our water lily may or may not survive, it's got new growth now but sulks a bit

..... I've tried lobelia, marigolds, I love mimulus .........

Eddie · « **Reply #936 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:29:35 PM »

I don't have a ledge, so it has to be lillies, elodea or floating like fairy moss or can't remember the name, it's like bulbs that in warmer water would open, but not here.

CLKD · « **Reply #937 on:** March 31, 2011, 07:46:18 AM »

I know the one, but they drop to the bottom in the cold and rot

instead of floating up in the warmer weather! Hyacinths?

March is going out like a lion

Eddie · « **Reply #938 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:16:25 AM »

You could be right, water hyacinth? Eddie. x

CLKD · « **Reply #939 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:46:40 AM »

I've tried these intermittently for years but they need heat to get them through the Winter. However, those in Kew Gardens used to look fab-u-lous

CLKD · « **Reply #940 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:47:40 AM »

Greenhouses - most of the Garden Centres in our area of Northants have large displays. How about asking on Freecycle?

Eddie · « **Reply #941 on:** March 31, 2011, 11:26:54 AM »

I think maybe lilies are the best option, been having a look on Ebay, they love to eat fairy moss so quick it doesn't get the chance to grow, had lots of pond weed but removed it with the blanket weed, what about marsh marigolds do they need rooting down?

CLKD · « **Reply #942 on:** March 31, 2011, 11:30:42 AM »

Water lilies can be difficult. They need certain depths of water dependant on the variety. We have several types of weed which gets rampant in the warmer weather. I take blanket weed out with a stick and put onto the compost. Our marsh marigolds are both rooted and free swimming. They put out long 'branches' at the end of which is the flower.

Eddie · « **Reply #943 on:** March 31, 2011, 01:39:06 PM »

i think the problem is getting anything established before it's eaten!

CLKD · « **Reply #944 on:** April 01, 2011, 07:25:25 AM »

Maybe feed the fish ?

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